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Before and after: pictures reveal extent of flood damage across NSW as residents start returning
The Guardian   26 March 2021   Australia   New South Wales  
Photograph: Maxar Tech/AFP/Getty Images
<p>The number of New South Wales residents forced from their homes by flooding is &ldquo;trickling down&rdquo; with fewer than 9,000 still unable to return, as rivers across the state recede and the sun comes out.<br />The SES has started assessing damage ...
What the shell?! Meet the Rhea, the 100-year-old turtle who can't swim underwater because she can't fart
A 100-year-old green sea turtle is undergoing lifesaving treatment after she was found in the ocean by fishermen who noticed she wasn't able to dive (stock image)
<p>A 100-year-old green sea turtle is undergoing lifesaving treatment after she was found in the ocean by fishermen who noticed she wasn't able to dive. <br />Rhea the green sea turtle was brought to the Ark Aid Animal Hospital in the Northern Territory on ...
Australia's Wildfires and Climate Change Are Making One Another Worse in a Vicious, Devastating Circle
TIME   07 January 2020   Australia  
A cemetery recently hit by bushfires near Mogo, New South Wales, on Jan. 5. Adam Ferguson for TIME
<p>The hot, dry conditions that primed southeastern Australia’s forest and fields for the bushfires that have been ravaging the country since September are likely to continue, scientists warn — and climate change has likely made the situation much worse.<br>Over ...
Under wraps: Sydney's first rail tunnel dug beneath harbour
The Sydney Morning Herald   21 November 2019   Australia   Sydney  
Tunnel boring machine Kathleen being assembled at the site of the new Barangaroo metro station before she started tunnelling under the harbour.
<p>It was a historic moment that passed Sydney by.<br />Without any public fanfare, a giant tunnel boring machine named Kathleen has completed digging the first rail tunnel under Sydney Harbour for a new metro train line.<br />So unremarked has been the occasion ...
Filed under: Construction News
Metro Tunnel's big borings meet up, 11-storeys beneath the city
The Age   18 July 2019   Australia   Melbourne  
The boring work has been going on for months.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui
<p>The State Library station being built as part of the $11 billion Metro Tunnel project is starting to take shape, with the underground station's first platforms being carved out of the earth beneath Swanston Street.<br />A 200-metre long tunnel has been ...
Filed under: Construction News
Macquarie Group seals deal for new Martin Place metro station and towers
The Sydney Morning Herald   12 September 2018   Australia   Sydney  
The brand new station will integrate the T4 train line with the new Sydney Metro line. Vision: NSW Government.
<p>Taxpayers are likely to bear only a small portion of the cost of a new $378 million metro rail station underneath Sydney&rsquo;s existing Martin Place station, after the government completed a deal to sell the air rights above the station to Macquarie Group.</p> <p>The ...
Filed under: Construction News
Australia's matagarup bridge engages its landscape in a sequence of unfolding vistas
Designboom   18 July 2018   Australia   Perth  
image courtesy of samuel
<p>The matagarup bridge &ndash; a $91.5 million project to connect australia&lsquo;s east perth to the city&rsquo;s recently built optus stadium &ndash; is now complete and open to the public. the pedestrian bridge, which grants access to the new 60,000-seat ...
Filed under: Construction News
New Acland Coal mine expansion given second chance by Queensland Government
abc.net.au   13 February 2018   Australia   Queensland  
New Acland Coal hopes to expand their mine in Queensland's Darling Downs. (ABC News: Louisa Rebgetz)
<p>Queensland's Environment Department has thrown embattled miner New Acland Coal a lifeline, despite its historic loss in the Land Court last year.</p> <p>The court recommended against the coal mine's expansion into agricultural land on Queensland's Darling ...
Filed under: Mining News
WestConnex: Sydney tunnels a year away from completion
abc.net.au   20 December 2017   Australia  
An artist's impression of the M4 tunnel. Supplied: NSW Government
<p>Excavation work on tunnels built as part of the Sydney WestConnex project is almost complete, but motorists will have to wait at least a year to drive the underground route.</p> <p>The 5.5 kilometre twin tunnel, costing $3.8 billion, connects Homebush to ...
Filed under: Construction News
One dead, two winched to safety after Blue Mountains rockslide
The Sydney Morning Herald   29 November 2017   Australia   Sydney  
A man has died and two others are trapped after an accident at Wentworth Falls. Photo: Seven News
<p>A 36-year-old National Parks contractor was killed and two of his colleagues seriously injured when a rockslide at a Blue Mountains walking track fell from a 10-metre height on Wednesday.</p><p>The three National Parks and Wildlife Service contractors were ...